Guard for trolleys.



No. 779,999. PATBNTED 90v. 29, 1904-. J. 9. SHORT.

GUARD FOR TROLLEYS.

APPLICATION 9mm MAB. 1, 1904.

9 N0 MODEL.

Hill" [I H7114 I UNITED STATES Patented November 29, 1904-.

PATENT OFFICE.

GUARD FOR TROLLEYS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 775,993, dated November 29, 1904.

Application filed March 1, 1904.

1'0 (LU 1071 0711, it may concern:

Be it known that I, J osnrn BANTON Srron'r, a citizen of the United States, residing at VVilkinsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Guards for Trolleys, of which improvement the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved guard for trolleys; and it consists in the certain details of construction and com bination of parts, as will be fully described hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved trolley-guard for railway purposes, the same being constructed and arranged in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same, a part of said view being shown in section. Fig. 3 is a plan view.

To construct a trolley-guard in accordance with my invention, and thereby provide a device which will prevent the trolley from leaving the line-Wire, I form from suitable metal a pole-socket 1, provided with a slot 2 and bolts 3, by means of which the same may be clamped to said pole. Formed on the top of this socket 1 and integral therewith is a flange i, to which is loosely connected, by means of a bolt 5, two sheet-metal supports 8, the one arranged parallel to the other and fitted intermediate of said plates with two trolleys 6. These trolleys6 are mounted upon stout bolts 7, fitted with nuts and located upon the same plane, the one a short distance from the other. The tops of the plates 8 are slotted at 9 and the ends 9 bent inward, as will be seen by reference to Fig. 3 of the drawings. These por- Serial No. 196,021. (No modelfi tions 9 are located immediately above the trolleys 6 and over the top of the line-wire. Formed at base of one of the plates is ahook 10, which, together with a short spring 1.1, attached to a screw 12, willkeep the plane of the trolleys at right angles with the trolleypole.

In operation the line-wireis sprung between the spring portions 9, which closes over said wire, thereby confining the same until forcibly removed by the operator.

Various slight modifications and changes may be made in the details of construction without departing from the spirit of the invention. Therefore I do not wish to confine myself to that shown and described.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The herein-described trolley and guard, consisting of the socket 1, a means for attaching the same to the trolley-pole, the integral flange 4 having journaled thereto two plates 8, arranged side by side, the intermediate trolleys 6, arranged in bearings by means of the bolts 7, the inwardly-bent spring portions 9, arranged above the trolleys and the spring 11, connected to one of the plates 8, to hold the trolley in position, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH BANTON SHORT. 1n presence of- FRED. O. HENZI,

H. J. LEVIS. 

